NorthEast United FC look to return to winning ways when they take on FC Pune City at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Balewadi on Wednesday evening. The Highlanders started their 2016 Hero ISL campaign with wins against Kerala Blasters FC and FC Goa but then a defeat at Mumbai City FC broke their winning streak. As the team, under the supervision of head coach Nelo Vingada, looks to regain the momentum, star players Katsumi Yusa and Holicharan Narzary spoke to indiansuperleague.com ahead of the match and shared their thoughts. Here are the excerpts from the interview.You are playing your fourth game tomorrow, thanks to a tight schedule. Yusa, what are your thoughts on the game?Tomorrow's game is important for us, every game is important for us. Last match we were unlucky to lose three points. The next away match tomorrow, we will try to win and get three points. However, one point also won't be bad. We will play together and help each other, do our best and try to get three points. It's very important for us to win.Holicharan, what are your thoughts on playing alongside Yusa? Also, how do you assess your and your team's performance so far?All players are playing well. I am very happy to play with Yusa in the midfield. We have come here to play our second away game. It is important that we play together as one team. It is important that we win and get all three points. We have to make sure we go from here with points.Yusa, you are playing your next away game in three days against Delhi Dynamos FC? How are you motivating yourself to play back-to-back away games?This question is very difficult to answer but every game we have our supporters out there, be it home or away. So this motivates us to play. The schedule is difficult for all teams, not only us. We can give our best, be it home or away.
